Korean war vets

[3rd Recon]

Don't forget to remeber the Korean War vets today. They finally get a monument this afternoon.

3rd Recon
Semper FI

[Warhorse]

Yeah, they do get forgotten most the time!
Oooh, Raah!! Semper Fi

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Mike Amos
Meine Ehre Heisst Treue

[Wild Bill]

I was 13 years old when the Korean "Police Action" began. I remember running to the kitchen of our humble abode, grabbing a calendar and seeing how long the war would have to last in order for me to join up and go fight.

Ah the fantasies of youth!

I kept close track of the war and for years saved many newspaper clippings of that time.
But the years, moves, and changes relegated those treasures to oblivion.

But I remember. And though it has been called sadly, Korea, The Forgotten War, I have not forgotten it.

Wild Bill

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In Arduis Fidelis
Wild Bill Wilder
Coordinator, Scenario Design
Matrix Games

[Wild Bill]

I saw the Korean Memorial myself last year in Washington. It stands near the Vietnam Wall.I refer to the large soldiers marching through a rice paddy in Korea. I'd post a pic here but I don't know how to do it.

It too has a wall. It is black marble, but superimposed into the marble are faces, hundreds of faces, tankers, infantrymen, all types of faces and headgear.

They are like ghosts or spirits floating in that dark marble and they are as moving as the names on the Wall.

It was a very soul stirring moment for me. I strongly recommend that all of you visit both in your lifetime. You'll never forget it.

Wild Bill

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In Arduis Fidelis
Wild Bill Wilder
Coordinator, Scenario Design
Matrix Games

[defenseman]

WB, I have seen a picture of the Korean Memorial too, quite a heart wrenching piece.

Everything that I know about the Korean War I had to teach myself. My father fought there, landing at Inchon about 2 weeks after the initial landing.
My uncle died there, near or at Chosin Resevoir, which perhaps why my father never talks about it anymore.

My father retired about 5 years ago after nearly 40 years in the news paper business as a poly/sci reporter. Once while digging through a desk I found a manuscript for a story he had started to write about being in Korea with his brother. The part I could read quickly mostly dealt with the correct way to light a cigarette while in a foxhole, to make it more difficult for snipers to kill you. I guess it was the last time my father saw his brother. Pretty haunting stuff.

I told my sons about Korea recently. They're only 3 and 5, but I explained how Captain Grandpa fought the 'bad guys' in Korea and why and how Great Uncle Charles died there. At least in our small circle, the Korean War will NOT be forgotten.

Sorry this was so long guys.

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Sincerely,
The Defenseman

"Offense wins battles, but defense wins wars"